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Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fiscal–occupational welfare is becoming an increasingly important feature of social protection systems and state–business relations in Europe, reflecting a broader trend towards outsourcing public functions to private actors. In Italy, the 2016 and 2017 Stability Laws significantly expanded its scope and relevance.
Marcello Natili, Matteo Jessoula
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The Relationship Between Welfare and Capital Controls
Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the relationship between welfare state and capital flow management. Complementing the literature on the implications of financial globalization for social protection, we argue that the coverage and priorities of welfare states matter more than the amount of spending when it comes to the degree of capital account ...
Martino Comelli, Pedro Perfeito da Silva
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Labor Market Information Acquisition and Downsizing. [PDF]
Laffont, Jean-Jacques, Jeon, Doh-Shin
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More of the Same? Institutional Stability and Change in Contemporary Welfare States
Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While there has been a longstanding debate on welfare state retrenchment and convergence, welfare states have mostly been perceived to continuously diverge along previously established lines. This stability is commonly ascribed to institutional legacies and policy feedback.
Sebastian Sirén, Riccardo Corti
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Governance, Volume 39, Issue 4, December 2026.ABSTRACT Governments have created in‐house consulting organizations to reduce dependence on external firms and retain public capability and control. Yet organizations grouped under this label pursue different forms of public value that require different designs.
Sean Safford
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Transportation Journal, Volume 65, Issue 4, Autumn 2026.ABSTRACT Studying employment dynamics (e.g., the rates at which firms add or shed jobs) of trucking firms is critical to inform theory and public policy. We examine incumbent trucking firm employment dynamics during the highly expansive period of March 2020–March 2021, when the COVID‐19 pandemic delivered an exogenous shock, upending established ...
Jason W. Miller +2 more
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‘No Dumping!’ Threshold Work in Voluntary Sector Mental Healthcare in Inner‐City London
Sociology of Health &Illness, Volume 48, Issue 8, November 2026.ABSTRACT This paper examines the sociomaterial dynamics of mental healthcare by following metaphors circulating among voluntary sector providers that they were becoming ‘dumping grounds’ within a system in crisis. In the United Kingdom, the voluntary sector has long been called upon to deliver flexible, community‐based care that reduces pressure on ...
Natassia Brenman
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“Tragic,” “Torment,” and “Torture”: Leadership as Fertile Ground for Women's Organizational Misogyny
Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 6, Page 2519-2543, November 2026.ABSTRACT This feminist study explores women's hostilities toward women in UK leadership as organizational misogyny. Organizations are mostly silent about misogyny, and gender studies have yet to empirically interrogate organizational misogyny and expose it as a critical method of women's oppression. Here, we explore women's organizational misogyny (WOM)
Sharon Mavin, Gina Grandy
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Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 4, November 2026.ABSTRACT The intersection of immigration and welfare has taken a central stage in the politics of social policy and garnered increasing scholarly attention in welfare politics research. While prior research has examined how immigration affects welfare support and welfare generosity in the US, less is known about the determinants of immigrant‐related ...
Ping Xu, Ling Zhu, Sebastian Ege
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From the Margins: Potential Coalitions in Centralized, High‐Capacity States
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 4, November 2026.ABSTRACT The early stages of coalition formation remain an understudied area, particularly in centralized, high‐capacity political systems. Examining actor dynamics at this formative stage can reveal how coalitions form and how limited pluralism constrains their development.
Sreeja Nair, Yuhao Ba, Mohnish Kedia
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